Newbie Wannabe Painter with a quick question

[RYU]

I'm considering tackling a respray of my car. Blocking, Sanding, the whole 9... all in the home garage. I know i've got a lot to read up on and i'll probably mess up my first time or second or even third time...

Just a quick question.

For a newbie like me who is considering this... What is the easiest color to start with? Or should I say which colors are the most forgiving?

I'm thinking... Black is probably the toughest to get right.

Let's see your opinions?

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5. Black?

[NOT A TA]

White

[Josue]

^True story...

[LS1NOVA]

White
Orange
Yellow

[jilge71]

white is easy when it comes to how you prep and block because it hides things alot better than dark colors do. but white is very hard to spray base clear in a garage because any little spec of anything shows up and as soon as a big ass bug hits your screwed!!! trust me it sucks. single stage would be good in a garage because you can color sand it out easier. just my .02

[LateNight72]

Yellow, Red, White, etc. Any solid, non-pearl or non-metallic will be easy to spray. Obviously white is the easiest, but only by a slim margin.

[RYU]

White is probably the last color I would want but if it means it's more forgiving to newbie errors that might have to be the choice.

Can anyone comment on the Grey tones, silver, or champagne?

[67 ls1 vert]

grey, silver and champagne are the worst for a newbie!!! Stay away from the silvers and greys with the metallic.
You will get ghost or phantom stripes.

My advice is use something with out metallics and stay away from the really dark blacks and blues. Use red or yellow, white, any earth tones, etc...

[Rod]

don't worry about paint yet, spend the time on the blocking and sanding with good filler products I recommend Evercoat Feather Fill G2 Polyester Primer Surfacer, its a non shrinking poly fill that expands slightly after spray and dry that allows you to block the car smooth and then repeat, you will usually get 2 full coats from a gallon

[ssealeycpa]

I agree with most of the above. Use a good 2K poly primer, then mist a black guide coat and block sand, block sand and then block sand some more. As far as paint goes, I hate spraying white. I would recommend red, yellow or black if you get it straight enough (block sanding with a guide coat will tell you exactly where your problems are, so you CAN do it). When you spray your top coat, the area just sprayed is glossy while the area to be sprayed below has a haze of overspray. I use this "line" to know where my 50% overlap is and with white, it is difficult to see (I think that I get a run in the paint every time I spray white although it is easy to sand, buff and hide). I think red and black is the easiest. Stay away from metallics until you get better. I would rent a paintbooth if you can because you need plenty of lights and a means to get all of the overspray out while you are spraying.